elephant journal in partnership with The Chopra Center presents: Global Peace Meditation, a morning of (free!) yoga, meditation and community

#IAmPeace

Let us join together, united as a global front, in a meditation for peace. Inner peace. Global peace. Universal peace.

August 8th, at 10am MST thousands of people around the world will be joining in a meditation led by Deepak Chopra and Gabrielle Bernstein. You can join here.

More of a visually motivated mind? Check out the YouTube video:

So, why meditation?  

There is a lot of information out there regarding the benefits (Like this, this, this, or this!).

Here’s a crash-course:

• First of all, it’s tried and true—been around for roughly 5,000 years and has been practiced by many of the greatest minds.

• It helps with a host of health issues, from decreasing blood pressure and cholesterol levels, to increasing the production of anti-aging hormone DHEA.

• Meditation actively dissolves stress and anxiety, resulting in a state of peace and restful alertness. It also helps increase concentration, memory and learning ability—literally building and rebuilding neurons, increasing brain/body connectivity and function.

• It can help create new relationships while strengthening existing ones. The sense of inner calm found through meditation practice allows for a more objective, focused and present life experience which inherently improves relationships of all kinds.

• It intensifies a sense of flow and creativity. When we open our minds and our understanding of the world, we begin to see things with new, unique perspectives.

• It increases an overall sense of well-being and happiness, while decreasing depression, anxiety and insomnia.

“Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end.”

~ Krishnamurti

So mark your calendars, beautiful ones! I’m looking forward to joining together in the “om” heard ’round the world.

~

(and of course, you don’t have to be meditating en masse to experience the power of the practice!)

Bonus!

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Editor: Travis May

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